Oscars 2014: Our predictions in all 24 categories

Read the story: Our Oscar predictions in all 24 categories And the Oscar goes to ... ? Here are our early predictions for every category for the 86th Academy Awards show. Use them for your own Oscar pool ballot at your own risk -- there's no money-back guarantee. By Glenn Whipp (By Glenn Whipp)

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Oscar ballots are out, and the print edition of The Los Angeles Times' The Envelope that ran Tuesday includes my predictions for all 24 categories in this year's Academy Awards -- a forecast that, because of deadlines, had been made several days earlier.

The nominees haven't changed, but in the intervening time, one of my picks has. (See the entry for original screenplay below.) As I talk to more and more academy members in the coming days, it's possible I might do a bit more fine-tuning before the March 2 ceremony. If I do, I'll make note of it below.

And the winner is: "American Hustle" probably won't win many Oscars, but academy members will want to acknowledge it somewhere. This is the likeliest place, though it faces a tough challenge from "Her." But it seems counterintuitive to believe that voters loved "Hustle" enough to reward it with the most nominations (along with "Gravity") and then shut it out completely.

“Happy” from “Despicable Me 2,” music and lyrics by Pharrell Williams; “Let It Go” from “Frozen,” music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez; “The Moon Song” from “Her,” music by Karen O; lyrics by Karen O and Spike Jonze; “Ordinary Love” from “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; lyrics by Paul Hewson

And the winner is: “Let It Go.” Because there isn’t a singalong version of “Mandela,” is there?